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Gov. Eliot Spitzer said yesterday that political contributions he received from bidders for New York’s racing franchise won’t affect his recommendation for the contract, which he plans to make on Tuesday.
Spitzer said that he would half of New York’s 62 counties trail the nation in five key indicators of economic growth, and the state as a whole lags behind the nation in four of the five categories.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo told the Times Union’s editorial board that even if his office had had subpoena power, its investigation likely still would have found that the “Troopergate” scandal involved unethical but not criminal behavior. He said he doesn’t expect ongoing investigation into the matter to find criminal behavior. Spitzer aides were found to have released information intended to discredit the governor’s chief political rival, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno.
Upstate officials are supporting Democratic U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s bid to get billions of dollars in federal funds to help repair the state’s failing sewage systems.
Cornell University was one of at least 15 colleges across the country to receive e-mailed bomb threats on Tuesday.
Clinton took her campaign for president onto the David Letterman show yesterday, where she gave a tongue-in-check “Top-Ten List” and took the late-night host to task for making fun of her pantsuits over the years.
Actor Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator from Tennessee, will officially enter the GOP race for president next week.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
